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Planet Detroit

Planet Detroit helps you get smarter about the environment in Detroit and Michigan. Planet Detroit’s stories and weekly newsletter focus on explanatory, solutions-based and investigative reporting, and a deep commitment to community engagement around local environmental issues. Planet Detroit’s mission is to raise awareness about Metro Detroit’s environmental and public health issues, hold powerful entities accountable and help our audience connect with their local environment and take action to protect the health of their communities.

This week in Sidewalk Botany:
A common allergen and a 'noxious weed' -- both native plants that offer food for wildlife!
How has flooding impacted Belle Isle’s ‘imperiled’ Wet-Mesic Flatwoods forest?
Drone photographs show masses of dead canopy trees on Belle Isle, especially where Lake Okonoka has inundated the island’s Wet-Mesic
Still battling COVID-19, Michigan braces for an unprecedented flu season
Michigan’s COVID-19 caseload remains relatively low compared to national rates, and leaders in Detroit have touted the city’s low positivity
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How Southwest Detroit’s 48217 zip code became known as the ‘most polluted’ in Michigan
Detroit's 48217 zip code is known as the "most polluted" in Michigan -- here's how it got that moniker, and
OPINION | Fix the damn dams: Rethinking excessive privatization of public infrastructure
The May 19 flooding that struck Midland, which has been described as an event that happens once in 500 years,
Life in the cracks:
The A.W.E. Society and Planet Detroit’s Detroiters Do Science Project are pleased to announce an open call for photos, artwork,
New food trucks carve out a niche serving Jamaican and Nigerian cuisine in Northwest Detroit
Like restaurants, many Detroit food trucks are struggling -- but Jamaica Mi Hungry 313 and Fork in Nigeria have both
Metro Detroit teacher-parents’ back-to-school options leave them scrambling and stretched thin
“Many people tell me I’m lucky to be a teacher, but they don’t understand that after trying to teach and
Denise Fair, top Detroit health official, on making tough calls for a city in crisis
How Denise Fair, the top health official in Detroit, makes tough calls during the COVID-19 crisis -- while trying not